This year, the Institute has also introduced various changes in the pattern, exam cities, eligibility criteria and subject. Candidates can check the revised exam details provided here. The GATE 2021 entrance examination has been scheduled to be conducted over February 5-7 and February 12-13, 2021. The admit card for the entrance exam will be issued to all the registered candidates on January 8.
GATE 2021: Revised Exam Pattern
As per the revised exam pattern, the candidates will also have to answer Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) in GATE 2021. Previously the candidates only used to answer Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Numerical Answer Type Questions (NATs). Now the candidates have to answer MSQs also. The sections wise marks has also changed as given below:
- Engineering Mathematics - 13 Marks
- Subject Questions - 72 Marks
- General Aptitude - 15 Marks
According to the new eligibility criteria, students in the third year of their undergraduate programmes will also be eligible for GATE now.
Eligibility criteria to appear for GATE-2021 is relaxed from the minimum 10+2+4 (ongoing) to minimum 10+2+3 (ongoing), enabling even those in the third year of their undergraduate studies to appear for the examination.
GATE 2021: Exam Cities
This year the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay has also added few exam cities for GATE 2021. The list of new exam centres are as follows;
- Jhansi (IIT Kanpur),
- Dhenkanal (IIT Kharagpur),
- Chandrapur (IIT Bombay), and
- Muzzaffarnagar (IIT Roorkee)
Official Website: gate.iitb.ac.in